John P. Scandalios is a vice president, research analyst and portfolio manager with Franklin Equity Group. He is the co-manager of the Franklin Technology Fund, Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and is a member of the Technology/Communications Research Team. Mr. Scandalios specializes in research analysis of the semiconductor industry. Mr. Scandalios joined Franklin Templeton Investments(FTI) as an analyst in 1996. Prior to FTI, he completed the management-training program at Chase Manhattan in New York, and was an assistant portfolio manager for Chase Private Bank in Los Angeles.

Jennifer Chen is a research analyst with the Franklin Equity Group. She specializes in the equity research and analysis of companies in the media, entertainment, and video gaming industries. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2021, Ms. Chen was a private equity director at Saban Capital Group, a media and entertainment-focused investment firm. She started her career as an investment banking analyst in the mergers and acquisitions group at Morgan Stanley. Ms. Chen earned her BS in business administration from UC Berkeley and her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business